How is this possible?

How could anyone blow up Tim Duncan on both ends of the floor!

Popovich knew that Howard was strong and talented, the league's most dominant interior player after O'Neal, but he never thought his disciple Duncan was inferior to him.

In terms of strength, Duncan is not bad, even if Duncan loses slightly to Howard in strength and explosiveness, then in terms of experience and defense, prediction and footwork, young Howard can't compare with Duncan!

The reason why Howard played such a sensational performance after the start of the game was because of his self-confidence and inner desire for something!

"I was the one who gave him this confidence and hunger." Popovich's face was expressionless, he knew that he caused all this, from before the start of the game, he kept touting Howard, after being killed by Howard in the first game, he even said that the Spurs lost to Howard instead of Sun Zhuo, and after two games, Popovich had already called Howard an FMVP.

It is precisely because of Popovich's self-confidence and FMVP goals that Howard is so "inhuman".

On the court, Howard not only blocked Duncan, but also fanned the ball just right, and directly gave the ball to Sun Zhuo!

Sun Zhuo received Howard's block pass near the free throw line, but instead of holding the ball in his hand, he slapped it to the right as soon as possible and hit the racket to Danny Granger next to him.

"Danny!" The ball did not linger in Sun Zhuo's hand, and after passing to Danny Granger, Sun Zhuo immediately turned around and ran to the frontcourt!

Howard's block has taken the five Spurs players by surprise, and Sun Zhuo's move surprised them again, and they don't know how to defend at this time.

Sun Zhuo didn't get the ball at the first time, because he knew that the Spurs' defense of Sun Zhuo's fast break was very harsh, and once Sun Zhuo got the ball, the Spurs players would immediately catch up and block it, so he deliberately let the basketball stay in the half court for a while longer, and he ran first, so that the ball became "contestable" again, so that the Spurs players would grab the ball first, instead of chasing people.

Of course, this approach seems a bit risky, because Sun Zhuo is likely to give up the ball in his hand to the opponent, but Sun Zhuo has confidence in Danny Granger, which is also a big advantage of the Magic in the playoffs, that is, height!

With the exception of point guard Monta Ellis, the other four Magic starters are all over two meters and three meters tall!

Of course, the starting height of the Spurs is not short, except for point guard Tony Parker, everyone else is more than two meters and one, which is also one of the few opponents who can match the Magic in height, however, Bowen and Finley are both old players, and in terms of running and jumping ability, they are not as good as Sun Zhuo and Danny Granger.

Danny Granger understood what Sun Zhuo meant, and quickly jumped to get the ball in his hand, Finley's reaction speed couldn't be compared at all, and after getting the ball, a big long pass was thrown directly to Sun Zhuo!

Bowen is in hot pursuit of Sun Zhuo!

"Are you the only one?" After Sun Zhuo got the ball, this plan has been successful, and if Bowen is alone, then he can play casually.

"Come, I'll let you chase."

Sun Zhuo deliberately slowed down and let Bowen run to the front!

"Damn." Bowen's face was extremely ugly, he knew that Sun Zhuo was the strongest dunk in history, the dunk was too simple for him, and it was impossible to prevent one-on-one, and if he fouled now, I am afraid that Sun Zhuo was also ready for 2+1, unless Bowen used all his strength to foul, but it must be a technical foul.

Bowen, I chose to give up!

"Ah~~"

Bang!

Sun Zhuo's dunk is rarely called, and this time he was also held back by the Spurs for too long, and he dunked the ball into the basket with an amazing one-handed slam dunk!

Popovich immediately called a timeout, the game didn't start for a minute, he always liked to do this kind of thing before, but today's situation, anyone will choose to call this timeout, the magic momentum is too strong, especially the two core players Howard and Sun Zhuo have staged such a shocking performance, they have to pause to interrupt the momentum of the magic.

"Well done!" Howard reached out and high-fived Sun Zhuo.

Sun Zhuo also patted Howard and praised: "Did you see Tim Duncan's eyes just now?" He has been beaten by you and doubted, continue to do this, and the victory will be ours. ”

"No problem!" Howard smiled happily.

In the Spurs player bench, Popovich did not reprimand anyone, but said to everyone with a calm face: "Dwight Howard will be difficult to deal with today, you may see his best performance since entering the league, but our defensive focus is still Sun." ”

When listening to the first half of the sentence, everyone bowed their heads and said nothing, Howard may indeed play the best performance of his career, but after hearing it, everyone invariably raised their heads and looked at Popovich.

"Coach ......" Bowen looked at Popovich, since he knew that Howard would be in an explosive state today, he still focused on Sun Zhuo in defense, how much did Popovich hate Sun Zhuo?

Tim Duncan couldn't help but glance at Sun Zhuo in the opposite player's box, even if he was blown up by Howard just now, Duncan didn't feel anything, but at this moment, he glanced at Sun Zhuogao, in this situation, Popovich is still determined that only Sun Zhuo can beat the Spurs, which is not a treatment that anyone can get.

After the game restarted, the Spurs returned to normal slightly, and still limited Sun Zhuo's running and jumping, as long as Sun Zhuo couldn't run, jump, dunk, then there was no way to continue to drive the momentum, and the whole rhythm and atmosphere would be carried out in the environment that the Spurs were familiar with.

"Sun, that's what you call it once." Popovich couldn't stand Sun Zhuo's dunk and detonate the momentum, so he was determined to block Sun Zhuo's dunk.

Sun Zhuo still wanted to try to get into the feeling of the opponent on the inside, after a false shake, he just got rid of Bowen's defense, and wondered if there would be a chance to score on the inside this time, who knows, Sun Zhuo suddenly saw Howard on the inside, turned his back and turned to the basket!

"So fast!" Even Sun Zhuo couldn't help but be surprised, this one turned his back was really beautiful, Sun Zhuo quickly threw the basketball in his hand under the basket and gave it to Howard to catch it.

"Damn it!" Spurs power forward Oberto saw that Howard was about to dunk in the air, and immediately stepped forward and stretched out his big hand and hit Howard on the arm, thinking that this would stop him.

However.

Bang!

Howard dunked the ball in despite being fouled so viciously!

"Ahh

After Howard's dunk was successful, he jumped on the spot and yelled.

Kenny Smith looked stunned at this time, and said: "Dwight Howard is going to play a historic Finals performance, his performance in the first two games is good enough, I'm afraid it's better today, Tim Duncan is undoubtedly great, and the Spurs are undoubtedly a great team, but they have won a few fewer championships in the past because of the existence of peak Shaq in the West, will they be taken away some more because of another big guy?" ”

Charles Barkley said: "I only talk about the facts I see, if the finals continue like this, even if the Magic wins, it is also the credit of Dwight Howard, I don't know if Sun and Dwight communicated privately, but everyone knows that this team is Sun's team, the Magic is not the Spurs, unlike the Spurs, Tim Duncan or Tony Parker or Manuginobili who won the FMVP can do it, the Magic does not have someone who can be above Sun and Dwight, I don't think this is a good thing, I even have a very bad premonition, Magic may be ...... soon after"

"OOO, you're talking too badly, aren't you? Charles? Kenny Smith was also frightened by Barkley's words and quickly interjected.

On the court, Howard is playing more and more smoothly, this time, he is a real offensive and defensive shoulder-to-shoulder, offense and defense are excellent so that people can't find faults, his free throws are one by one, and even, he can throw a 45-degree angle like Duncan to score a board!

Sun Zhuo's score in this game is also good, but it can't be compared with Howard, when Sun Zhuo is close to 30 points, Howard is close to 40 points...... And needless to say, rebounds and blocks are definitely better than Sun Zhuo.

Under Howard's leadership, with Howard and Sun Zhuo working at the same time, the Magic had established a lead in the fourth quarter.

And at this time, Howard staged another block that shocked everyone.

Tony Parker made a layup and was covered by a big hat on Howard's left hand to the rebound, which is not surprising, he has dedicated many times such a block throughout the game, to everyone's surprise, after his left hand blocked, his body turned backwards in the air, that is, facing the side of others, he seems to have already controlled the strength, and after the rebound rebounded, he used his right hand to catch it, and at the same time, he threw it to Sun Zhuo in the half-court position.

"Go ahead! Buckle one! ”

Howard became a commander leader, Sun Zhuo became like a role player who only did certain things, Sun Zhuo dunked and scored, but he didn't feel any passion, he felt that at this moment, he didn't have any consciousness, he didn't even know if he was really playing.

Then, with a somewhat dull face, he saw Howard run towards him like a figure skater and jump up and bump shoulders with him.

"How? That block + pass I just now wasn't bad, right? I thought I was going to pass it to you when I was covering it with my left hand.,Originally, I could have taken it down directly.,But I think it's too much time to attack.,So I played this action in the air.,Haha.。 Howard proudly explained to Sun Zhuo his impromptu pass.

Even Spurs fans were impressed by Howard's action.

"I've never seen a center like him, with a lot of strength and unexpected creativity, and Sun is very good, but he is not an inside player after all, and we don't know if Sun would be as good as he is now if he becomes an inside player."

Watching Howard let himself go on the court, wreak havoc on the inside, and make such creative moves, his face was so calm and calm, for the first time since his rebirth, Sun Zhuo had jealousy in his heart.

That's right, jealousy.

Sun Zhuo would be jealous of someone, that person is not Kobe, not Wade, not James, but his teammate, Howard.

In terms of talent and ability, the systematic Sun Zhuo doesn't need to be jealous of anyone at all, what he is jealous of is what Howard doesn't have: height, position, no matter how good Sun Zhuo is, he is also in the category of small forward, and he can't dominate the interior like Howard.

In fact, Sun Zhuo's envy of interior players was there as early as when he challenged O'Neal's peak game, when he tried to overturn the river and dominate the restricted area on the inside, squeeze everyone away with the body of the Big Mac, and make the paint area a no-fly zone, Sun Zhuo fell in love with the feeling of dominating the interior line, but as a small forward, he could not be like O'Neal anyway.

Today, seeing Howard dominate the interior line like O'Neal once again aroused Sun Zhuo's envy of the interior players, and this envy has now turned into jealousy.

Sun Zhuo was jealous of Howard, jealous that Howard could inflict such a big blow on the opponent on the inside, and jealous that Howard faced the finals so indifferently.

At the end of the third game, the Spurs lost to the Magic 105-111, and Howard and Sun Zhuo combined to score 70 points, including 40 points for Howard and 30 points for Sun Zhuo.

In three games, Howard has to beat Sun Zhuo in every game, and this game obviously makes people feel that Howard is the leader of the Magic, Sun Zhuo seems to be just a helper, no matter how unwilling to gossip, he will also think about this question, who is the boss of the Magic this year? Who is the one who will take the FMVP?

In the locker room, Howard happily joked with everyone, he had already mingled with his teammates, and everyone had always had a good relationship with him, such a celebratory scene made Sun Zhuo feel that Howard won the FMVP as expected.

Howard ...... It's really taking FMVP from me. Sun Zhuo was a little incredulous, he thought he still knew Howard very well, and he always felt that he could control Howard, Howard was optimistic, not ambitious, and there was no city, under Sun Zhuo's performance as MVP this season, Howard has always been willing to be Sun Zhuo's helper and second master, and has never exposed complaints.

Even when Sun Zhuo recalled that he won the regular season MVP trophy, he did not recall that Howard was jealous or unhappy, you know, Wei Shao's eyes are very subtle when he sees Durant winning the MVP trophy, and Wade will sigh a few words before watching James win the MVP trophy or something, but Howard does not.

This means that Howard has no idea of competing with Sun Zhuo in the regular season.

"He's got this idea, it's the most recent thing." Sun Zhuo wondered if it was because Howard had a good performance in the first two games, and what his friends or agents said to Howard, causing Howard to dare to blatantly ride on Sun Zhuo's head today, Howard obviously knew the consequences of his performance, and he went for this result, and it was this result that gave Howard motivation.

"It's the honor of FMVP that has allowed Howard to perform today. Unexpectedly, what James and Wade have experienced, Durant and Westbrook have experienced, and what O'Neal and Kobe have experienced will also happen to me and Howard. Sun Zhuo closed his eyes, unwilling to think about it.